International Hour of Code exposed 475 Williamstown Jr. and Sr. High students to a possible college and career path on Dec. 7.

Students plugged into computers, phones and tablets to learn the basics of web coding through games, such as MineCraft, “Star Wars” and “Wonder Woman,” which hopefully sparked a few students’ interest, said Principal Brandy Feagan.

Daniel Goderwis, a freshman at Williamstown High School, is a typical teenager who loves the outdoors, basketball, soccer and karate, but unlike most teens, Daniel is an artist, Civil War historian and member of the Green River Rifles, 3rd Kentucky Infantry Regiment re-enactment unit.

When Danny and Sharon Goderwis took their son to watch a Civil War re-enactment in Cincinnati, they had no idea of the impact it would have on him.

Helping Hands’ thrift store will double its size after expanding into Cinderella Laundromat next door.

Located on North Main Street in Williamstown, the thrift store has had its doors open to donations and customers for five years, but now those doors are busting at the seams, said co-managers Dee Hartfiel and Tandy Taylor.